Unbound
Subtitle: transgender men and the remaking of identity
By: Arlene Stein
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781524747459
Subjects: Gender nonconformity; Female-to-male transsexuals; Identity; Authenticity (Philosophy); Transgender people
Description: Sociologist Arlene Stein takes us into the lives of four strangers who find themselves together in a sun-drenched surgeon's office, having traveled to Florida from across the United States in order to masculinize their chests. Ben, Lucas, Parker, and Nadia wish to feel more comfortable in their bodies; three of them are also taking testosterone so that others recognize them as male. Following them over the course of a year, Stein shows how members of this young transgender generation, along with other gender dissidents, are refashioning their identities and challenging others' conceptions of who they are, despite great personal costs. Stein draws from dozens of interviews with transgender people and their friends and families, as well as with activists and medical and psychological experts. Unbound documents the varied ways younger trans men see themselves, and how they are changing our understanding of what it means to be male and female in America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-319) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Pre-op; title: Gender trouble; title: One life to live; title: Transitioning; title: Designing men; title: What kind of man am I?; title: Last butch standing; title: Waiting for the big reveal; title: Turn and face the strange; title: I am enough.